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...effect, namely, that going to college is deemed the most profitable form of unremunerative employment. It is a way of improving the plant against the time when it can be put to use. It would appear, then, that these two factors, reduction of income and reduction of employment, offset one another, so that the number of students is unaffected by the total economic situation...
This conference between Hoover and Grandi is not an attempt to offset the influence of Laval, but rather, like Laval's visit itself, an effort to bring about a better understanding between nations by mutual and unhampered discussion...
...exhaustion of the short interest with alarm. In two days it decreased 1.079,000 shares. On Sept. 23 it was deemed essential to remove the restrictions, again permit short-selling, create a source of buying power. Although this was done the short interest did not increase rapidly enough to offset real liquidation. Prices declined sharply until Oct. 5 but the Exchange held its ground, made no further move...
Equally plainly, Scot MacDonald and the Conservative Party (bulwark of his National Government) believed last week that the risk of social upheaval is offset if not canceled by a strong probability that the Labor Party cannot win. In 1929 the Labor Party, led by Mr. MacDonald with a united front, polled 8.416,557 votes, the Conservatives 8,669,469, the Liberals...
...wisdom to place responsibility on educational institutions whose duty to the state certainly is not financial. There are indications that the attraction of post-season football games is declining. It is possible that the funds raised by charity games may be so inconsiderable that the resultant psychological effect will offset the benefits derived from the money. There will be inevitable regional variations in response to this method of indirect taxation. In sections most seriously affected by the crisis the income will be the least...